TRUCK FIRE CAUSING DELAYS ON 101 NEAR SFO

Thanks to @SelfEdge who took this photo of a truck on fire on Northbound 101 near SFO.





The fire was reported to the CHP at 4:30 and as of 4:46 the fire department are still trying to put out of the flames. Best advice, use 280. Why do people use 101 anyways?

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VIDEO OF MUNI POTRERO HILL ACCIDENT

The SFMTA has released the video of the early Tuesday morning bus accident involving a 19 Polk Bus and a truck. In a press release, MUNI says "the video appears to show that the MUNI bus rolled through its stop sign on De Haro Street and the truck ran its stop sign."

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SFGATE MOBILE STUCK ON CHRISTMAS DAY

As of 8:16pm on Sunday, December 27 - The Chronicle has not updated their mobile site (the one that you automitically go to with mobile device) since Christmas Day.

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SF WAITS IN LINE FOR H1N! VACCINE

As we mentioned yesterday, there are approximately 16,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine available today at Bill Graham Auditorium. The event started at 10 this morning, and will continue until 7pm.

SanFranciscoDPH says "no waiting line at 2 pm. Come on down!"

@shimowned reported that there are short lines right now (1:25pm).

(via xtineha)

As the event started, @adrielhampton tweeted this photo which shows how long the line was, stretching around the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium onto Hayes St.

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By 12:30, the line no longer reached Hayes.


(via xtineha)


(via @lkahney)

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DRIVER ESCAPES IMPACT WITH CALTRAIN

Major delays to the @Caltrain system tonight after a train struck a vehicle in San Mateo at 6:20pm. @cocktailgeek alerted us to the situation and has been updating us from the beginning. He says the driver of the vehicle is ok, but there was debris all over both northbound and southbound tracks. At around 7:20pm, @cocktailgeek tells us that the train has finally been released.

Caltrain spokesperson Tasha Bartholomew says that the driver of the vehicle was able to escape before impact and the car is in a nearby ditch. Bartholomew also said Caltrain service will be delayed up to an hour.


pic via @heatherfleming

@murphstahoe made a wonderful point on Twitter tonight: "Caltrain screwup the day after samtrans reduces KX frequency of course."

Yesterday Samtrans made some major cuts to six express lines that serve San Francisco, and some changes to a few others.

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H1N1 VACCINATION TUESDAY

A massive H1N1 vaccination will take place tomorrow (Tuesday 12/22) from 10am-7pm. In his weekly YouTube address, Lord Mayor Gavin Newsom says there will be 16,000 doses available at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. The San Francisco Department of Health says that any city resident in the high-risk priority groups listed here can attend.

Now let's all look at a picture of President Barack Obama receiving his H1N1 flu shot.

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TWITPICS OF LARGE MISSION APARTMENT FIRE

There is significant damage to the third floor of a Mission District apartment that caught fire Sunday afternoon, according to @emergency_in_sf. The blog Mission Local reports that fire started sometime around 2:30pm near the intersection of 26th & Valencia. They also report that nobody was hurt in the blaze.

A number of tweeters reported seeing smoke in the area, including moyalynne - who had tipped us off on Twitter. Take a look at some of the pictures of the fire uploaded to Twitter:


From @carinny:




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From @edenjames:



From Bill_Ward:



@dtetto



@_ell



@lavidalibre

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